Figure 17. Distribution of
Opistognathus lonchurus
, including a few records from
Robertson and Van Tassell (2015)
.

Conservation.
The conservation status of this species was assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and listed as Lease Concern (
Smith-Vaniz et al. 2015
). The conservation status of this species was also assessed by the
Ministerio
do Meio Ambiente/Instituto Chico Mendes de
Conservacao
de Biodiversidade (MMA/ICMBio - Brazil) and listed as Least Concern.